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Repurposing a mask as a path outline
From the course: Adobe Pen Tool: Mastery
Repurposing a mask as a path outline
- [Instructor] In this movie, we're going to create this shadow up here at the top of the image, and we're going to do so by repurposing our existing vector mask, the one that's assigned to the jumper layer. And to make that work, we need to convert the vector mask back to a path outline. And so I'll start by switching over to my composition and progress here, and I'll click on the jumper layer to make it active, and that will give me access to the vector mask inside the paths panel. And so I'll go ahead and switch to the paths panel, either by clicking on this tab or choosing the paths command from the window menu. And notice here, we have a temporary path outline in the form of this item called jumper vector mask. Go ahead and grab it, and then drag it and drop it onto the little page icon down here at the bottom of the paths panel in order to make a copy of that vector mask, which is now an independent path outline. And in order to demonstrate what I mean by that, I'll go ahead and…
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Vector-based paths in a pixel-based world7m 35s
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Working with a vector-based shape layer9m 16s
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The Pen tool and the Paths panel8m 25s
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Filling and stroking a path outline7m 32s
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Turning a path into a vector-based mask4m 42s
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Why and when to use vector masks4m 12s
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Tracing a complex image with the Pen tool10m 59s
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Converting a selection to a path outline7m 2s
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Using a vector mask in a composition9m 2s
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Repurposing a mask as a path outline6m 14s
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Drawing a shape layer with the Pen tool6m 28s
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Using a shape layer as a clipping mask8m 16s
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Stroking a path with the Brush tool5m 3s
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